First published in 1944, this delightful collection of stories, poems, and nature facts is centered on three children and their uncle who takes them on nature walks, unveiling the delights of the countryside throughout the seasons. Poems by Enid Blyton as well as classic works by Wordsworth, Keats, and others are accompanied by lush illustrations of various animals and plants. A field guide to common birds and plants is also provided, making this a must-have for nature lovers young and old.

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Synopsis

This delightful collection of short stories, poems and interesting facts about trees, flowers and wildlife you might expect to come across on a nature walk, is part of the glittering range of new & re-issued titles that will be published in 2008 to celebrate one hundred years of Evans producing great books for children.

About the Author

Enid Blyton is one of the most popular and prolific children's authors of all time. She wrote more than 700 books, including the Famous Five series and the Noddy series, which have been translated into more than 90 languages throughout the world.

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This book is in excellent condition. It's a book that is well-illustrated and also has wonderful water-colour prints of animals of the English woodland including red squirrels, badgers and robins painted beautifully by my uncle, Noel Hopking. The book is a kind of herbal guide for children giving information about a wide range of plants that are interesting to find month by month through the year and also how to identify common English trees. There are delightful stories for children long before the digital age when there was an air of excitment when going out into the natural world. A lovely innocent book for young children of all ages. I love this book and recommend it to all parents.I was brought up on the books by Enid Blyton and now I'm a Medical Herbalist in England using many of the plants described in this book as medicines for natural cures.Alan Hopking MA MNIMH (Member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists of Great Britain)

Really pleased with the condition of this book and delighted to find it. In a day when the younger generation spend their days on computers and gadgets. It is a wonderful book and has been given as a present to a little girl whose parents appreciate the countryside. It's also a great reference book for adults too ..so many trees and plants listed that I'd not heard of in decades!

This book was one of the delights of my childhood. It is still excellent, though a little dated and stands for the simple pleasures of the outdoors as an option to being a couch potato. Parents might like to note this! The one sadness is that so many 'common' birds are no longer plentiful and you won't have any difficulty in distinguishing between a blackbird and a thrush by its song since it is 90% more likely to be the blackbird.I last saw a thrush in my garden during the recent snow when it was driven in by hunger but the familiar 'tap-tap' of a snail on the pavement is more or less a thing of the past.Nostalgia rules!

I was given this book as a child and decided to see if it was still available so that I could show my grandchildren a part of my childhood. I loved the monthly walks trying to follow the stories, the things to make and the poems. The identification of trees, birds and flowers. It is old fashioned by today's standards and haven't shown them yet so cannot say if children today would be interested.

This was my favourite book as a child and the one from which I acquired all my early knowledge of plants, birds, butterflies, etc. I still have, and will not part with, my original copy from the 1950s and have just bought this copy to give to my six year old grandson. It is easy for a child to read, written as a story, but contains so much information. Wonderful!